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Week 10 of Amazing Race Canada: Tetris, onions and little Jon
(CAUTION: SPOILERS AHEAD.) AMAZING RACE CANADA IS COMING TO EDMONTON! There, I said it. I’ve sat on that secret for almost four months — and I’m glad I can finally get it off my chest. Whew. I was...
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Alberta Court of Appeal upholds driver's acquittal after Good Samaritan killed
The Court of Appeal of Alberta on Friday upheld the acquittal of an Edmonton man who had faced two charges related to the death of a Good Samaritan in June 2012. Kieran Porter had been charged with...
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Gary Lamphier: Billions of dollars lost because of skills gap in Canada
With the Canadian economy mired in a soft patch, crude prices in the ditch and oilpatch layoffs increasing, this may seem like a strange time to complain about shortages of skilled workers, especially...
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City could see public-sector job losses
Public sector jobs in Edmonton will be at risk if oil prices don’t find stability above $50 US through the next two years, warns the City of Edmonton’s chief economist. “If we see oil prices continue...
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From River to Tap: A special report on your drinking water
At work amid a jungle of pipes, vats, valves and basins, Bill Adams has perhaps the most important job in Drayton Valley. Adams is utilities manager for the town of 7,000 people west of Edmonton,...
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From River to Tap: Our drinking water is remarkably clean and consistent
Communities along the North Saskatchewan River are regularly producing drinking water that is remarkably consistent in quality and character despite their different locations and processes, a Journal...
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From River to Tap: Alberta communities using the North Saskatchewan for...
Rocky Mountain House: As the river’s first destination after leaving the Saskatchewan Glacier, this town of 7,000 people generally has little to worry about from its source water. Apart from a week or...
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From River to Tap: Invisible dangers lurk in untreated water
The water you used to brush your teeth this morning was probably flowing in the North Saskatchewan River yesterday. Every day, an average of 416 million litres of water is sucked up from the river as...
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Number's up for alleged 'scratch and lose' bandit
The man who hid from police for nearly nine hours in the Gold Bar sewage plant earlier this month is facing 33 charges in connection to several convenience store robberies. Jacob Shane Ritson-Bennett,...
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Revised forecast says Alberta housing sales will slide 21.6 per cent
Trouble in the oilpatch will help Alberta see a larger decline in 2015 home sales activity than any other province, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Monday in its latest quarterly forecast....
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Alberta needs $12.5 million to finish longest section of Trans Canada trail
Alberta, with the longest section of the Trans Canada Trail in the country, needs $12.5 million to finish the job in time for Canada’s 150th birthday, a group of prominent Edmontonians heard Tuesday....
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From River to Tap: Safety testing goes far beyond the treatment plant
In a southeast Edmonton industrial park, Brandy McKay takes a sample of water flowing a through city drainage pipe in search of pollutants that could get into the North Saskatchewan River and harm our...
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From River to Tap: How is our drinking water treated and tested?
Fifteen years ago, a farmer fertilizing his fields near Walkerton, Ont., unwittingly unleashed one of Canada’s most famous cases of water contamination. E.coli bacteria from the farm’s manure leaked...
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School resource officers receive training focused on ending gender-based...
Thirty school resource officers, police officers, teachers, principals and youth workers will be participating in a three-day course focused on ending gender-based violence. The Edmonton Police Service...
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Uber drivers and angry taxi drivers meet in Churchill Square before city...
Competing chants and protests dominated Churchill Square Wednesday as Uber supporters and taxi drivers both rallied for their cause. “Uber, Shame, Shame. City, shame, shame,” yelled the roughly 150 to...
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Entrepreneurs share conversations that have sparked a surprise business idea...
On July 15, Capital Ideas members were asked if a conversation ever sparked a surprise business idea or career opportunity. Here’s what members of our community of business owners helping business...
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Laurel Awards shine spotlight on Edmonton-area non-profit groups
Programs promoting communication, whether between children and parents, employers and employees, or vulnerable youth and mentors, took home top honours at the 2015 Laurel Awards. The awards, presented...
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From River to Tap: Two new ways the city is battling water pollution
KENNEDALE WETLAND Ross Bulat stands on top of the city’s biggest stormwater pipe — big enough to drive a truck through — and looks over at a nearby man-made pond. The Kennedale wetland in Hermitage...
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From River to Tap: Dirty storm sewers the biggest threat to our water supply
A good rain really cleans off Edmonton’s streets. And that’s the problem. All that dirt, containing a load of pollutants, flows into the North Saskatchewan River through storm sewers — and it’s one of...
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Protesters sing Harperman song in Edmonton
A group of singers, musicians and activists get together to perform the Harperman protest song, written by Ottawa folk singer Tony Turner, in downtown Edmonton on Sept. 17. More than 40 similar...
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